Best Diaper for Overnight

Updated on October 07, 2010
A.A. asks from Columbus, OH
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Hello moms,

My almost two year old has been consistently wetting through his diaper every night. He has milk before bed (we try to do it an hour before bedtime) and I change his diaper immediately before bed and he still is waking up soaked through his pjs and growbag.

We use Huggies (toddler) and have tried the next size up (walker) as well as the size after that (junior) and he leaks through all of them.

We haven't changed anything in our routine at all. Do you think there is a medical reason why he is suddenly weeing so much? Or do we just need a different brand of diapers? We live in Australia so we don't have as many brands as you have in the States, but I thought Huggies was the most absorbent. Any suggestions for me?

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Thank you for all the responses! We don't have Huggies overnight here, I can't believe it. We only have regular Huggies, Babylove, Pampers and then the home brand diapers. I will give the pad insert a try though, I was thinking of getting the cloth diapers and sticking one inside the disposable one, would that work? The cloth ones here are like large washcloths.

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S.B.

answers from Los Angeles on

When my two year old was almost two, he had the same issue. Another person posted this question a couple of days ago. Maybe it's a growth/developmental thing. Anyway, what is working for us (and was recommended by other Mamapedia moms) is using a pad specially made to insert into disposable diapers. I don't have the name in front of me (it is in my son's room, and he is sleeping), but generically they are referred to as "diaper doublers." He's only had one leaky night since.

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J.S.

answers from Detroit on

You could try Pampers Overnights in one size larfer. That work for us. You can buy them online and shipping ma be free. Goodluck!

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D.S.

answers from Fort Wayne on

I don't know if you can get Luvs, but that's what we use at night...the next size up from what he wears during the day. During the day we use Huggies...just becaue I like that diaper better, but it definitely doesn't work good enough at night. I've never tried the doublers...

Good luck!

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L.S.

answers from Spokane on

We're a Pampers family and aside from maybe once or twice, have never had them leak through. And my girls have always been big drinkers :) There were some mornings when I'd change their diapers and be shocked that they didn't leak, the diapers would be so full!

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A.G.

answers from South Bend on

I have seen lots of good answers as to what to use. Most of them seem to be about Huggies. Here is my experience, though. I had a son who peed through his diapers constantly also. What I found out from some research is that Huggies may be one of the most absorbent diapers out there, his urine stream was to FAST for the the diaper. So, some would absorb, while some would not have time to absorb and therefore leak out. You will just have to try other diapers and see what works best for him. Our experience was that Pampers absorbed faster and didn't leak near as much while also having a fairly large threshold for amount.

The same thing with the "inserts" (pads and cloth diapers). Some cloth diaper materials have the same problem (we are cloth diapering our 4th child). So, just give different brands and styles a try and see what works best for your lo. If you do use a re-usable cloth of any kind......make sure you don't use fabric softeners or detergent with additives. That can actually slow down the absorbency of the cloth and create the same issue.

Good luck!

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R.S.

answers from New York on

Huggies Overnights, one size up from his usual daytime size, fixed the problem for me and I never looked back.

Perhaps you can buy them off Amazon?

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D.C.

answers from Dallas on

We use pampers baby dry for our almost two year old. No leaks...so far!! In the mornings his diaper is SOAKING wet, but no leaks yet.

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D.R.

answers from New York on

ive been using huggies overnights on my son for almost 2 years. he almost always pees out without them.

M.P.

answers from Provo on

cloth! For night time I use hemp which is WAY more absorbant than cotton. What I did when I first started cloth was I used a doubler in his disposable diapers till I got more stuff. Perhaps you could try that, get a hemp doubler and put it in his diaper. My favorite doublers are from Greenmountaindiapers.com. Personal message me if you would like to try it and I can help you if you need :)

J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

I love, love, love Pampers and Luvs. I am not sure if this can happen but can you order them on-line and have them shipped to you? Usually if you sign up for the websites you can request a sample, which might give you a good idea if you even want to deal with ordering them online and shipping and everything. Good Luck!

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A.H.

answers from Cleveland on

Huggies makes an overnight diaper. Also there are pull-ups overnites they are both really absorbent. Try those they are made for the extra pee that happens when they sleep.

AH

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M.D.

answers from St. Louis on

Are you using overnights? Both Huggies and Pampers work for us. We up the size in the overnights if they leak. My son just turned 2 and is in size 6.

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M.C.

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I love pampers.....(have note dried the drymax). The diapers worked great for our son and our daughter. Every once in a while, they would leak at night once our children were about your child's age. We just added another timeslot to our potty training right before bedtime and that seemed to work. Our daughter will be 2 in January. We put her on the toilet when she wakes up in the morning, before lunch, before nap, before snacktime and before bedtime. Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't but it is a nice routine we have gotten into and everyone once in a while she even tells us she has to go at other times of the day. Someday she will get the hang of it. We did the same thing with our son and right before his 3rd birthday, he decided he was done with diapers. That was a great day for us. :)

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S.D.

answers from Indianapolis on

We used a doubled cloth diaper and never have leaks or blow-outs.

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R.A.

answers from Indianapolis on

The only thing that worked for my son was Huggies overnight diapers. He wet through everything except those at night.

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L.G.

answers from Detroit on

We use huggies for over night.. the over nite time pull ups....

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J.K.

answers from Chicago on

I use Huggies overnight with an incontinence pad as a doubler. Mine is a heavy wetter too.

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K.W.

answers from Youngstown on

My son had the same problem. I actually had to put a diaper on with a pull up over the top of it to stop the leaking out at night. Good luck.

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S.P.

answers from Indianapolis on

You could try putting a sanitary napkin inside his diaper in the front, to absorb some of the excess pee.......

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